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Show JUDGES. When tho futuro historian of theso United States shall have plowed through the musty records of timo, seeking the vital cause that napped at tho fountain of our political tiia for all nations grow and decayho , must pauso and dwell upon the udiciary. lie will havo to ask himself, with force, woro the judges of 1S71 tho regular growth of those old fathers whose integrity and polished minds shed euoh historio lustre along the corridors of time ? lie will ask if they wero not rather tho funi of a political school that had gravitated to Washington oity as catch-penny legislators, and wIicd tho wheel of Coogress rolled round it threw them oft", by centrifugal force, to some Territory; Ter-ritory; or, that they wandered round the scenes of their former greatness, tho purse and conscience-holders of somo boon companion in oflicial life, whose enterprises only and solely were for tho good of the dear people ! Or, perchance they were related to somo distinguished civilian, who from motives of prudence and the dreaded shadow at his heels, saw the only way to rid himself of these parasites was to get an office of some kind, whether they were fitted for its duties or not, and banish them at least for a season to some Southern State or Western Territory ? If one thinks about the modus operandi oper-andi by which offices are attained at tho prosent day, ho cannot help reflecting re-flecting and reflecting seriously about the sequences that must result there-froml there-froml There must he a beginning, so there must be an end; and the tag end for "carpet-bag" officials will always be found in these out-laying Territories. Territo-ries. If the appointing powers could discriminate, or if any plan or .system oould be adopted whereby the people would havo any guarantee for honest integrity, the legislator that would originate it would well deserve a monument of brass! But wo opine, "perpetual motion," the dream of the mechanic, will bo discovered discov-ered sooner than any plan can bo put into operation to choke off this elass of office-hunters. Unfortunately, thoy havo usually trod the road of office, have been found wanting, either in getting the nomination nomina-tion of their party or beaten at the polls, so they fleo to the ruling powers for relief. Judges! A former justice of the peace is a judge; a horse-jockey is a judgo of horse-flesh; a taster is a good judge; we aro all judges! So if that historian does not find his head mixed, when he examines our legislation and the elass of men appointed to Arry out the law, he will be a smarter man than most are. It would take a teles- cope such as Iierschel never had, to find the slightest tracks of some of these men tracks "In the world's broad field of battle" tracks such as would be lett by a plank pushed out on a river, which leaves no mark behind. be-hind. And for the sake of legal literature, liter-ature, it is well it is so; for no set of electric eels ever muddled the placid rivulet of lilaekstone in a manner equal to somo of ihU ''made to order" judiciary. When the Aiuol of History runs his finger over these United States, wo i most respectfully surest in advance that he will pass the decisions ot Utah judges, for there can be no ques-1 tiou of their correctness! |